Mandy Patinkin will launch a thirty-city concert tour of Mandy Patinkin in Concert: DIARIES, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, October 30, with stops across North America through February 2020. Patinkin will perform Broadway and classic American tunes, along with selections from his recent Diary series of digital recordings. "Singing onstage is one of the greatest joys in my life," he says. "We look forward to sharing this music with you, wherever you are." Nonesuch will release his first new album since 2002 this fall; details to come.

Natalie Merchant, who performs on The Tonight Show this Thursday, will receive the 2019 John Lennon Real Love Award and will lead a multi-artist tribute concert of her favorite John Lennon and Beatles tunes at Symphony Space in NYC on December 6. The award is given in recognition of Merchant's artistic achievements and lifelong commitment to social activism and charitable causes. Proceeds will benefit Theatre Within's ongoing free workshops at Gilda's Club NYC.

Lake Street Dive tours Colorado; Yola joins, then plays Hollywood Bowl with Lord Huron, Shakey Graves … John Adams’s new piano concerto gets European premiere … Timo Andres performs in Brooklyn … Natalie Merchant continues tour in Vermont, New York … Mountain Man plays Pickathon festival, joins Gregory Alan Isakov at Red Rocks … Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Stanford Jazz Fest …

Gaby Moreno will begin a six-week, twenty-one concert tour of Europe in Neumunster, Germany, September 24. The tour takes her across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, and Spain, culminating in Malaga November 1, and surrounds the October 4 release of her new album, ¡Spangled!, with Van Dyke Parks. She begins a US tour November 8, including a just-announced show at Merkin Hall in NYC for Ecstatic Music December 2.

Live from Here with Chris Thile will kick off its fourth season from its new broadcast home, The Town Hall in NYC, on September 7. The new dates include guest performances from Lake Street Dive's own Rachael Price, Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, The Lumineers, Raphael Saadiq, Trey Anastasio, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Jamila Woods, and more.

Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive, Mountain Man, Yola all play Newport Folk Fest … k.d. lang concludes UK Ingénue Redux tour …Natalie Merchant tours New England … Punch Brothers close out RockyGrass Festival in Colorado … Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Spain …

Natalie Merchant begins a two-week, sold-out A Summer Evening With… tour of intimate venues across the US Northeast tonight, visiting towns in which she has never performed. "We're looking forward to seeing the rocky coast of Maine, the green rolling hills of Vermont, the historic village squares and white-steepled churches of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut," says Merchant.

Yola visited Relix in New York City to perform three songs from her debut album, Walk Through Fire: "Ride Out in the Country," "Still Gone," and "Shady Grove." You can watch the set here. Yola performs at the Newport Folk Festival this Friday.

Vagabon plays Capitol Hill Block Party, live KEXP session in Seattle … Laurie Anderson gives new VR piece US premiere in NYC … Kronos Quartet is in Romania … k.d. lang continues UK Ingénue Redux tour … Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Italy … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from California with guest Gaby Moreno …

Daughter of Swords, aka Mountain Man's Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, has announced several new summer and fall tour dates featuring songs from her recently released debut album, Dawnbreaker. The tour dates include headline concerts and shows with The Mountain Goats, Molly Tuttle, Hiss Golden Messenger, Molly Sarlé, and Sylvan Esso.

¡Spangled!—a collaboration between Guatemalan-born singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno and American musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer Van Dyke Parks—is due on Nonesuch Records on October 4 (on Metamorfosis in Latin America). The ten-song set spans more than a century, including a bolero from Panama, a bossa nova from Brazil, a song by Moreno, Trinidadian songwriter David Rudder's "The Immigrants," and an elegiac ballad from the Southwest US: Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, and Jim Dickinson’s “Across the Borderline,” performed with Cooder and Jackson Browne. Pre-order to download those two songs now. 

Gaby Moreno headlines free Celebrate Brooklyn! concert … Sam Amidon performs in London … Laurie Anderson brings new VR piece to Manchester … Daughter of Swords is in Virginia … Rhiannon Giddens plays festivals in Ontario, Massachusetts … Emmylou Harris performs in Norway … Kronos Quartet is in Poland … k.d. lang launches UK Ingénue Redux tour … Robert Plant performs in UK … Punch Brothers tour Japan, Australia … Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Europe … Yola tours Wisconsin with I’m With Her …